The Advice and Guidance (A&G) Enhanced Service was launched this May (applicable from 1 April 2025). 

At a local level, NCL ICS have been working with Secondary Care colleagues to produce a Directory of Service and collate any additional useful information to highlight the services that are available for A&G and to understand the structure of the A&G service provision in some of the acute partner organisations. 

Claims for A&G

Thank you to those practices who are submitting regular and timely claims for your A&G activity on CQRS, and a reminder to those with any months outstanding to please urgently upload your backlog of claims. The funding allocated for this provision is an NCL ICB cap from which is drawn down. This has been apportioned equitably across practices as a cap, based on weighted list size.

The ICB will be required in the latter part of the year to take a view on adjusting and reallocating the aggregated cap in line with likely usage and need, particularly where some practices have not used or drastically underused their cap. For this reason, you are urged to ensure all your activity to date is uploaded by Sunday 12 October, so that your practice activity is being considered accurately, and to continue to regularly upload your claims on the 12th of each month thereafter.

NHS England update

NHSE have provided their most recent set of National FAQs, see the Advice and Guidance enhanced service page below for the full details.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact the primary care team.